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The culture war is over. For real. GOP strategist Karl Rove needs to tear that chapter from his playbook and burn it in the nearest fireplace. The tired old tactics of the Far Right to demonize LGBT Americans and minorities no longer work. Just look at the ballot box on Nov. 6 for proof…

FARGO, N.D. — In a historic first for the Peace Garden State, voters have elected the first openly gay state representative to the North Dakota Legislative Assembly.

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Openly gay Democrat Mark Takano beat his Republican opponent John Tavaglione by a double-digit margin in the race for California’s U.S. House District 41, and will become the first LGBT person of color in the U.S. Congress.

Gay Democrats Andy Staton and Marie Mayor lost their bids to become the first openly gay candidates elected to the Delaware Legislature on Tuesday in districts where large numbers of LGBT people live.

PARIS — The Socialist majority French government on Wednesday approved a draft law to that would legalize same-sex marriage and gay adoption, despite fierce opposition from the Roman Catholic Church and its right wing supporters in the Senate and the National Assembly.

SAN DIEGO – Bob Filner won election as mayor of San Diego early today, defeating Carl DeMaio, whose election would have made history as the first gay Republican to take the reins of one of America’s largest cities,

In a sweep of election night victories for marriage equality, voters in Washington state approved Referendum 74, affirming the state’s same-sex marriage law, and granting gay and lesbian couples the freedom to marry.

TROY, Mich. — Janice Daniels, the homophobic mayor of Troy, Mich., who has previously called homosexuality “a mental disease,” was ousted from office Tuesday in a recall election.

The National Organization for Marriage reacted Wednesday to its stunning loss in four states where marriage equality initiatives were on the ballot.

WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBT civil rights organization, reacted to the overwhelming electoral victories for LGBT people, calling it a milestone year with a clear mandate for equality moving forward.